Related Games / Tarndem Park (Season 3 and new rides 8.8.09)

Looks really cool, Twisted. Can't wait to see this progress.

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MF72: Thanks.

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Well I’m back now with the rest of the back story behind the Hotel Horror.

‘As your hurrying to the door you hear the noises again and this time are sure you can see leering faces in the dark and even moving trees. Running up the front steps you reach the hotel and rush in without a second thought…’


‘Big mistake, the hotel doors slam shut behind you and you see the same horrible leering faces again. Turning for the door you realise its locked and make your way towards the only other door in the room before the faces get you. This hotel needs better mannered receptionist’s that’s for sure.’


‘Well with that rather frightening surprise over you head the only way you can and go up the old staircase in front of you. Upon reaching the top landing you notice something isn’t right and the walls begin to go red and… are they spinning?! Whatever their doing it’s a bit sickening and noticing the moonlight shining through the door at the end of the corridor you run towards it.’


‘Only to find to your horror that it leads to a balcony high above the leering faces that you thought you saw outside. Looks likes it’s onwards and back into the frightening building.’


‘Now by this time you well and truly wanted to leave and would like to find the owners (if there really are any) to complain and get your money back. Unfortunately when you finally do find the owners it becomes clear why the hotel is ran the way it is. The owners appear to be vampires and seem all too happy to see you when you awake them from their slumber inside their coffins. Quick out the window we’ll worry about getting the money back later. That was too close.’


‘Dropping down you land in a soft hedge (finally a bit of luck) and run back around the side of the house towards where hopefully the car still is and right into a graveyard. Spooky noises can be heard as you realise spectral shapes can be seen behind the gravestones and realising the garden come graveyard is wall off you head back into the house through a side door.


‘It would appear that you’re in the groundkeeper’s store room but it would appear that somebody has taken he grounds keeping too seriously as sets of hands burst through the ground clawing at you. Luckily though there’s an unlocked door leading out onto the front lawn and safety and you burst through and quickly reach your car before leaving this dreaded place. This time your safe but will you be so lucky next time when you visit Hotel Horror?’




Well now you’ve survived Tamdem parks newest horrors nothing could faze you and so the rest of the park should be a breeze. Hope you enjoyed the back story and photos.

Till next time.

Craig Henly (Marketing Director of Handon Parks Group LTD)

Well I’m back with some bad news. About midway through the second season Enterprise started experiencing problems with its drive and would frequently break down causing no end of problems. Now although the drive would probably be fixable we decided with the direction the park was taking we’d remove it and place it in storage. Of course being one of the two thrill rides in the park it did have a few fans and we have this picture of the day it closed down complete with our resident entertainer paying his respects.


Fast forward a month or so and it’s nearly the end of the season but more importantly it would seem that the Enterprise had been replaced with a overly bright construction office, a crane, a bunch of workers and a load of fencing. As for what were doing with the area were not entirely sure yet (and I wouldn’t tell you what we were doing if I was) so we’ll have to wait till next season.


Here’s a shot of the improvements to the land side of the Ferris wheel just so this photo report isn’t all doom and gloom. Looks much nicer than the plain old boring path.


Well that’s all for the bad news. Hopefully next time I update you it’ll be on a more positive note.

Till next time.

Craig Henly (Marketing Director of Handon Parks Group LTD)

Uh-oh. Can't wait to see what's coming TH.

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MF72: Thanks and heres the next update.


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Well we’ve happily moved into season 3 and put the loss of Enterprise (though it is sat in storage at an industrial estate outside Bristol) behind us. Actually after the ride had been removed completely we could easily see how much potential the rather large (for the park size) plot of land it was taking up. That combined with the increased family target market meant the loss was not that bad after all and so we let Michael and his design team loose again only this time with a tighter budget.

Now Michael and his design team had already found one replacement for the area in the form of a set of electric go-karts which, with a small track installed would make a perfect addition to the park that would be enjoyable for the families that visited us but they wanted to use the space up well and so looked for another ride that would fill a hole in the park line up. The solution was a slightly shortened Herschell Little Dipper (yes it really is slightly shorter as you’ll see soon) which was being sold off cheap by a park up country.

Now you may be asking why another coaster but there is a good reason behind it. You see with the family orientation the park needed a kiddie coaster as Fireball was too intense and frankly frightened most of the younger guests. That coupled with the fact that the lease for Fireball ended this season meant that the park would be without a coaster at all after this season. So with a light racing theme introduced in both the naming of the rides and beautifying the kart track Pole Position (Little Dipper) and Chequered Flag (electric Karts) completed the park’s additions and now enough talking lets see some photos.

Firstly this was what the rush looked like when the gates opened. Definitely more than last season which is always good.


This is the look of the new area with our Entertainer dressed as Podium Panda who was giving out lollipops to the racers and a certificate for each of the winners (provided they were under 12). He was rather popular all day but I can’t possibly think why. In the background you can see the new karts which I’ll show more of next update.


For this update though I have a picture of Pole Position, the shortened Little Dipper. Not much of a rollercoaster but still a credit and the younger guests seem to love it so not a bad addition.


Finally a rather feeble attempt at a overview of the two new rides from the Ferris Wheel.


Hoped you liked the new coaster and next update I’ll concentrate on the karts.

Till next time.

Craig Henly (Marketing Director of Handon Parks Group LTD)

Very clever using the Wild Mouse trains. Never would have thought of that.

this is a nice little park, but the way you present the pictures gives an add image of the overall layout of the park. could we see a overview? or just a picture of the map?